November 27 in History

Historical Events on November 27

AD 25 Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.

1863 American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

1868 American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

1912 Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

1940 World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

1965 Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.

1978 The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

1999 The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.

2004 Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Famous Birthdays on November 27

1940 Bruce Lee

1942 Jimi Hendrix

1960 Yulia Tymoshenko

1982 Tommy Robinson (activist)

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Famous Deaths on November 27

8 BC Horace

1940 Nicolae Iorga

1978 Harvey Milk

2008 V. P. Singh

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